Ministry Updates

Grace Baptist Church

1/31/2023

Jan 22-26
Grace Baptist Church
Vero Beach, FL

Our last week in Florida was spent at Grace Baptist Church in Vero Beach. We began our time with Grace with Aaron speaking to the men for Sunday school and Steph to the ladies. The rest of the team met with the youth group, and we came back together for the morning service. Sunday evening after the service, we enjoyed an ice cream fellowship with the church. What a fun way to get to know this sweet body of believers!

On Tuesday before the evening service, the team met with the teens and played ultimate frisbee. Hudson gave a short challenge to the teens and after we enjoyed some pizza together. We had a fun time getting to know the teens during our activity!

Wednesday evening was our Irish concert. Half way through the concert when we have a short “intermission”, the pastor told us that a lady had already gotten saved! She had come to the church on that Sunday because of a flyer that the church had left at her home. She had returned to the concert on Wednesday night and immediately found someone to talk to before the concert had even begun! There are people who are searching for answers, and because of the Good News, they can find their answer for hope in Jesus! What a blessing to partner with Grace Baptist in furthering the Gospel in Vero Beach this week.

On our day off, Pete, a sweet member of the church, offered to take our team out on his boat! We are so thankful for the experiences and sweet memories God gives us as we travel to different places, as well as the people He brings into our lives as we serve in different churches.

We are thankful for the sweet spirit of the congregation at Grace Baptist, and we enjoyed our week of ministry there.

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Berea Baptist Church

1/24/2023

Jan 15-20
Berea Baptist Church
Palm Harbor, FL

We traveled from Miami to the west coast of Florida to Palm Harbor for a week of ministry at Berea Baptist. We started off our week together with an Irish concert on Sunday night. We were encouraged by how many people had friends attend, and we are praying for the many who heard the Gospel that evening.

Monday night, we had our first Ladies Night! The ladies brought in different soups and salads, and enjoyed fellowshipping together before Steph taught a devotional on Luke 9. The men had an evening together on Tuesday. Aaron challenged the men from the Word. Our team guys had a great time with the men and boys of the church and afterwards enjoyed some meat!

Wednesday night, we held our family fun night. It is always such a fun time to see everyone get involved in competing for their team. While Aaron preached after our tic tac toe challenge, the rest of the team took the children back to finish our kid’s program for the week.

Thursday night, we had a teen event, and our team had a sweet time of singing, playing games, and getting to know the teenagers. Hudson led a singspiration, and afterwards, we played spikeball.

We enjoyed our week at Berea Baptist, and we are thankful for the opportunity we had to serve there!

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First Baptist Church

1/18/2023

Jan 8-13
First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake
Miami, FL

Our team is back together after a few weeks of rest during the holidays! Everyone had a sweet time celebrating with family over the past several weeks. The team met up in Miami at First Baptist of Westwood Lake, and we jumped right in with preparations for a full week of ministry with the church and the Christian school!

Sunday through Tuesday night we held our regular evening services with the church family, and on Wednesday evening, we had our first Family Fun Night of 2023! It did not disappoint, and we had an absolute blast laughing and cheering together during our tic tac toe challenge.

On Thursday, we hosted an outdoors dodgeball tournament, and we had over 100 teenagers from the church and school show up both to watch and compete. It was quite the busy evening, and we had a fun time with all the kids! In the middle of the evening, Aaron had the opportunity to share the Gospel with the kids before we had pizza and finished the tournament.

We ended our time at First Baptist with our Irish concert on Friday night. It was an enjoyable time of making music, and Aaron was able to share the gospel with the many people that came out for the concert.

We also led several chapels for the K-12 grades during the week. Hudson and Aaron led the teen chapels Monday through Thursday, and on Monday and Wednesday, the whole team got to participate in the elementary chapels with Aaron and Josh leading. The kids were eager to listen and be involved, and we had fun interacting with them. Please pray for the hearts of the teenagers from the school this week, and that God would continue to work in them and soften their hearts.

Our first week back on the road was filled with many wonderful people and experiences, and we are so thankful for our time of partnering in ministry with the people at First Baptist!

Maranatha Baptist Church

1/16/2023

November 20th
Maranatha Baptist Church
Clarkston, MI

Our final Sunday of the semester was at Maranatha Baptist Church in Clarkston, Michigan. Aaron had Sunday school with the men, Steph with the ladies, and the team with the youth group. It’s always a sweet time when we’re able to lead several different classes for Sunday school. We then led the Sunday morning service. We’ve always loved our time at Maranatha, and this time was no different! We’re thankful for the sweet fellowship with the church family.

Fellowship Baptist Church

1/16/2023

November 13-16
Fellowship Baptist Church
Portland, IN

Our six team members, plus Ella and Asher, traveled to Portland, Indiana to do the Sunday services and chapels at Fellowship Baptist Church from Monday to Wednesday. We had a wonderful time with this church and school family! We did youth group for Sunday school, and Hudson preached to the congregation while the rest of the team led our kids’ program. Sunday evening, the church had a Thanksgiving potluck, and following that we held a singspiration for the evening service.

Monday and Tuesday, we did both the elementary and high school chapels for Jay County Christian Academy, the school that uses the church’s facilities. Wednesday, we had the opportunity to do Cola Wars during the entire school day for the high schoolers. We had a great time doing several different games, and Hudson preached two sessions for the students. We enjoyed getting to know the students throughout the week, and we’re thankful for all the opportunities to minister to the people of Portland this week!

East Delavan Baptist Church

11/14/2022

November 6-11
East Delavan Baptist Church
Delavan, WI

We really enjoyed our time at East Delavan Baptist Church this past week! We had teen and adult Sunday school, a morning service, and an evening service filled with music and preaching. The church is about an hour away from Maranatha Baptist University, so several college students attend the Sunday services. After the evening service, we had a pizza party gathering with some of the families and the MBU students. We had a nice time talking with and getting to know them and the church families.

Monday and Tuesday, we had our normal evening services with teen pre-sessions before. The ministries in this church are so unique in that they have three churches within one–an English, a Spanish. and a deaf speaking church. It truly was beautiful to worship with believers in so many different forms throughout the week, and our team members even sang a song in Spanish on Monday evening.

Wednesday we held a Family Fun Night, and we had such a great time with the church. Both teams were very involved in the competitions, and our evening was filled with so much laughter and encouragement from Aaron later on in the Word.

We had a great time with our kids program this week! We were encouraged by how many children came every night, from Sunday through Thursday. Sunday, we told the children if there were 30 kids one of the nights, we would give Josh and another team member a shaving cream mohawk. On Wednesday night, they surpassed that goal, and Mike and Josh received shaving cream mohawks! The kids were filled with energy and excitement every night, and we really enjoyed spending time with them and sharing the Gospel.

Thursday night, we held our last Irish concert of the semester. We have loved learning our Irish music throughout the semester and being able to share it with so many churches across the country. What a gift it is to be able to share the glory of our Savior through song. We are so blessed to have so many opportunities to share the Gospel in the churches we go to week to week, and East Delavan Baptist Church was no different! We truly enjoyed our week at this church, and pray that God continues to grow the ministries there.

Grace Baptist Church

11/7/2022

October 30 - November 4
Grace Baptist Church
Parker, CO

We had a wonderful week at Grace Baptist Church in Parker, CO! Aaron and Steph jumped right in with the church’s couples retreat at Glen Eyrie in Colorado Springs, CO. It was a joy to lead the music and share the Word with those who attended. Aaron did two sessions in James 4 and then the men and women had separate sessions with Steph and Aaron. Getting some time over the weekend allowed us to make some sweet connections before heading into the busy week.

Sunday through Tuesday, we held our regular evening services with the adults and had our kids program every service. We also had the opportunity to hold pre-sessions for the children, teens, and adults before each of those services.

Sunday evening, after the service, the church held a chili cookoff! We loved getting to partake in sampling all the different types of chili with the church members. It was a sweet time of fellowship, and afterwards, the team had a time of connecting with the youth group.

Wednesday evening, we had a fun time with the church during our Family Fun Night. Our team always enjoys getting to connect and engage on a level of “fun” with the church family on those nights.

Thursday night was our Irish concert night, and we enjoyed sharing our music with the church, as well as their family and friends that came out. It’s been a joy to rehearse and share the music with different churches every week, as well as having the opportunities to proclaim the gospel through the music and Aaron’s preaching.

We enjoyed our time at Grace Baptist and the relationships we formed there!

Tri-City Baptist Church

10/31/2022

October 15-21
Tri-City Baptist Church
Westminster, CO

We arrived at Tri-City Baptist Church in Westminster CO on Friday evening, and the following morning, a few of our team members joined Pastor Senn and the College and Career group on a hike on the Colorado Trail. It was a fun time getting to know some of the young adults of the church. That evening, our team helped with a dodgeball tournament for the youth group. There were well over 100 kids that showed up for the activity (many of them were guests of the youth group), and Aaron had the opportunity to share the gospel with the group.

Sunday through Thursday, we held our nightly services for adults along with teen pre-sessions and our kids program! We enjoyed getting to serve the church through music and preaching, Friday night was our Irish concert, and we were encouraged by all the family and friends who came out that the church members had invited. We are always humbled by the opportunities we get to share the gospel during our Irish concerts.

We had a wonderful time during our week at Tri-City, and we’re thankful for the opportunities we were given to serve there.

Highlands Baptist Church

10/26/2022

October 9-14
Highlands Baptist Church
Centennial, CO

We started off our time at Highlands doing both the morning service with the church body and the children in our kids program, and Sunday school with the adults and the teens. In the evening, we celebrated Asher’s and Jobe’s birthday! We’re so thankful for their willingness to serve, and the joy they both bring to our team.

Tuesday, we had a Family Fun Night! We enjoyed playing the different games with the church family and making music together.

Our team had a great time getting to know the teenagers throughout the week, especially on Wednesday night during our teen event. We played Cat in the Hat, broom hockey, and enjoyed singing together, learning truths about our God, and eating Chick-Fil-A!

Thursday evening, we had our Irish Concert, and we had a great turnout of both church members and visitors! We really appreciate the opportunity to share the Gospel with people, especially first time visitors. Please pray that God will continue to work in the hearts of those who came out to the concert that may not know Christ as their Savior.

Highlands was such a kind and welcoming church, and we were so thankful to be able to serve with them for a week of ministry.

FaithPoint Baptist Church

10/20/2022

October 2-7
FaithPoint Baptist Church
Longmont, CO

We had a wonderful time during our time at FaithPoint church! Saturday night, we were able to jump right in with a teen event in the church gym. We played nine square and spider-ball, and had a really sweet time singing together and recognizing God’s goodness in our lives and in their youth group. Our team really enjoyed being able to connect with the teens at this event, and we had great turnouts for all our pre-sessions before the services during the week.

Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday were all regular service days, and we enjoyed worshiping together with the church, especially on Sunday morning as we got to enjoy the church’s worship service. We had our kids program during those service times as well, and we’ve really been enjoying our Holiday Extravaganza and working with the kiddos.

Wednesday, we had the day off, so we took a team trip to Rocky Mountain National Park! We had such a great time, and we were overwhelmed by God’s creation. We went to the Visitor’s Center at the top of the mountains, as well as Bear Lake and Alberta Falls.

We held our Irish Concert on Thursday as our final service with the church. We always have such a good time during our concerts, and enjoyed getting to know everyone who came out for the concert that evening.

Our team loved our time at Faith Point and we’re thankful for the ministry they have in Longmont!